Salah TS #12

Salah TS #12 (Adult)

Date/Time:11/4/2015   18:00 - 19:00

Location: Starbucks on W. Tennessee St.

During this tutoring session, Abdulla needed help with a presentation he was giving in an upcoming grammar class, on 'gerunds and infinitives'.  

I used my own class notes to assist me during this TS session (as I didn't want to give Abdulla any incorrect information).

To begin, we went through the definitions of gerunds followed by examples in both positive and negative forms (ex:  The best thing for your health is not smoking) is an example in the negative form.  And followed the same pattern for infinitives. 

I explained that both gerunds and infinitives can be used in the positive and negative form and that both can be used as the subject, the complement, or the object of a sentence.

Finally we compared/contrasted the two together ie: past, present or real actions – gerunds vs future, abstract or hypothetical actions – infinitives.

I suggested that to structure the presentation, Abdulla could follow the same order ie: definitions then examples (in positive and negative) followed by a slide that compares and contrasts the two. 

Last but not least, I told him that he should pause at the end for questions from the audience.